EP0697073B1 - Manufacture of bonded articles - Google Patents

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EP0697073B1
EP0697073B1 EP94914511A EP94914511A EP0697073B1 EP 0697073 B1 EP0697073 B1 EP 0697073B1 EP 94914511 A EP94914511 A EP 94914511A EP 94914511 A EP94914511 A EP 94914511A EP 0697073 B1 EP0697073 B1 EP 0697073B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
    • F16D69/00—Friction linings; Attachment thereof; Selection of coacting friction substances or surfaces
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    • F16D69/0416—Attachment of linings specially adapted for curved linings
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
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    • F16D65/04—Bands, shoes or pads; Pivots or supporting members therefor
    • F16D65/08—Bands, shoes or pads; Pivots or supporting members therefor for internally-engaging brakes
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
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    • F16D69/00—Friction linings; Attachment thereof; Selection of coacting friction substances or surfaces
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
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  • This invention relates to the manufacture of bonded articles and in particular to the manufacture of friction elements of the so-called bonded type in which a friction lining is bonded to a platform of a carrier or body solely by a cured thermosetting resin adhesive substance.
  • the invention is particularly, but not exclusively, applicable to friction elements comprising brake shoes of the cylindrically curved drum type. It is however also applicable to friction elements comprising brake shoes of the generally flat disc type and to friction elements of similar types used within a clutch arrangement.
  • the term "shoe” is used principally to describe a carrier or body structure having a cylindrically curved platform on which such a cylindrically curved lining is carried, but within its general sense is also intended to include a structure having a substantially flat platform or backplate on which a corresponding flat friction lining is carried for engagement by a flat surface of a disc or the like, notwithstanding the use of a carrier or body of either form with a friction lining analogously in relation to a clutch arrangement.
  • Friction elements in which the friction lining is adhesively bonded to the body are employed inter align in the form of brake shoes for light vehicle and similar uses and are distinguished from friction elements in which the lining is secured to the platform by mechanically location with interlocking parts, such as rivets, clips, plugs and the like.
  • thermosetting liquid resin such as a phenolic resin, nitryl rubber copolymer matrix, reinforced with various fibres and cured to define an essentially rigid structure.
  • a roll formed friction lining element in which the reinforcement fibres tend to be substantially parallel to the major faces and which in a green form, in which the resin is not fully cured, has a density less than the theoretical maximum due to interstitial voids, subjecting the element to elevated temperature to cure the resin matrix causes the element to swell or expand due to evolution of gases and vapours from volatile constituents (including water), and to some extent by oxidation of some constituents, and reduce in density as the resin matrix cures to a solid, notwithstanding that before cure is complete some gasses and vapours force their escape from the surface and disrupt the structure.
  • the density of the cured element can be increased or reduced to a controlled extent as a function of the pressure applied with a corresponding change in volume whilst preserving the integrity of the lining structure.
  • the lining element it is the density and thickness of the cured lining which are of prime consideration, and to this end the lining material is normally cured in a mould or press with modest pressure exerted on the major faces of the rolled material to maintain the integrity of the cured, essentially rigid material with a slightly increased density.
  • the cured lining is essentially rigid and the material is able to withstand considerable compressive loading, if its length is significantly in excess of its thickness a small degree of resilience Is usually exhibited along its length.
  • Cured arcuate linings may be produced by roll forming and curing individually or individually cut from an extensive cured arcuate sheet, but however produced, the rigid linings are machined in respect of the major and minor faces in order to define the final dimensions and curvature of the lining for securing to the shoe platform.
  • the forming and machining processes have been common to linings to be secured by bonding or by rivetting and driven not only by the need for dimensional accuracy to achieve optimum support on the platform but also prepare the lining for accurate drilling of rivet apertures or the like in the latter type.
  • the platform or the radially inner major face of the dimensioned lining is coated with a thermosetting resin adhesive, often also phenolic based, the lining being pressed into position in contact with the shoe platform of corresponding, or slightly larger, radius of curvature to ensure alignment, and full adhesive contact, between the lining and platform.
  • a thermosetting resin adhesive often also phenolic based
  • the lining may be pressed by way of a generally conforming or conformable bearing surface such as a flexible metal strip, possibly as an assembly in which a flexible band extends about a pair of such shoes disposed back-to-back, and this assembly is passed through a heating station, such as a curing oven, to raise the temperature of the adhesive resin and effect curing thereof with said pressure of the lining surface, conveniently referred to as bonding pressure, applied.
  • a heating station such as a curing oven
  • a lining made up from lining blocks may be pressed against a shoe platform by a more rigid bearing surface than is offered by such flexible strip or band, an example being described in patent specification GB-A-1391962.
  • the lining as bonded to the shoe platform may comprise a single block of friction material or comprise an assembly of shorter blocks.
  • the terms lining and lining element are employed in the singular, notwithstanding that unless the context dictates otherwise, a plurality of linings of lining elements may be employed.
  • the bonding pressure may be unequally applied along the length of the lining; additional pressure may be caused to be exerted in the end regions during curing by way of the strip effecting a slightly smaller radius of curvature than the radially outer face of the lining and/or by having a platform radius of curvature slightly larger than the radially inner face of the lining and springing apart the ends of the essentially rigid lining by applying additional pressure to its central region. It is thus accepted that in practice a pressure of the order of 0.685 to 1.03 MPa (100-150 Psi) may be required between the shoe body and lining bearing surface of the strip for a light duty lining.
  • a lining element which is fully densified, but of otherwise undefined form except that the thermosetting resin matrix is uncured, may be disposed on an apertured platform and punched to displace parts of the element into the apertures to effect a mechanical interlock that retains the lining in relation to the platform both during and after curing of the resin at elevated temperatures, with or without an additional layer of thermosetting resin adhesive intermediate the undisplaced parts of the element and the platform.
  • any advantages thereof appear illusory in practice by the use of a fully densified friction material, generally considered unacceptable as generating high noise levels in braking operations, and by mechanical interlocking of the lining with the platform, albeit with material integral to the lining, which offends against the assembly simplicity associated with a solely bonded lining.
  • a friction element that includes a carrier having a rigid friction lining, formed of a partly densified roll-formed material including a thermosetting resin, bonded thereto by thermosetting adhesive bonding. It is also an object of the present invention to provide an arrangement for manufacturing a bonded friction element more cost effectively than hitherto. It is a further object of the present invention to provide a novel and improved bonded friction element.
  • a method of manufacturing a bonded friction element comprising (1) producing a plastic friction lining element, including fibrous reinforcement and friction modifying materials in a matrix of an uncured thermosetting resin binder disposed between major faces defining its thickness,(2) disposing one of the two major faces of the lining element adjacent a platform of a carrier with thermosetting adhesive resin between, and in contact with, the element and the platform, and (3) curing the resins of both adhesive and lining element at elevated temperature whereby the cured lining is rigid and bonded to the platform, is characterised by (4) rolling said friction lining element with said materials oriented between said major faces to define a predetermined rolled thickness and density, (5) sandwiching the adhesive and lining element between the platform and a co-operative bearing surface bearing on the other one of said major faces, such that the minor surfaces are exposed, and (6), during said curing, applying constraining pressure to the lining element by way of said major faces to define the density of the cured resin lining and position of said other major face in relation to
  • an arrangement for producing a bonded friction element in which a friction lining is secured to a carrier platform by bonding comprises (1) support means arranged to support the carrier, (2) restraining means including a bearing surface arranged to face the platform of a supported carrier and hold a major face of a lining against the platform and a layer of thermosetting adhesive resin by bearing against the other major face of the lining, (3) forcing means operable to apply force between the carrier and bearing surface of the restraining means to press the lining, adhesive resin and platform into contact over the surface of the lining, and (4) heating means operable to heat at least the platform, adhesive resin and lining pressed by said forcing means to a predetermined temperature for a predetermined time to effect curing of the adhesive resin and bonding of the lining surface to the platform, and is characterised in that (a) the restraining means is adapted to receive in bearing relationship with said bearing surface, said other major face of a plastic lining element that is (i) less extensive than the bearing surface and
  • a bonded friction element manufactured as described above including a carrier having a generally cylindrical platform that has a surface including one or more closed indentations and a friction lining, formed of a thermosetting resin matrix containing reinforcement fibres and friction modifying materials roll formed and cured to rigid form, retained with respect to the platform by an intermediate cured thermosetting adhesive resin, has the adhesive resin present as a thin film conforming to the surface profile of the platform and each indentation thereof and the lining having an interface between the lining and the film that is coextensive with the area of the major face of the lining and in intimate conformity with the surface profile of the platform due to radially constrained curing of resin matrix of the lining element and adhesive resin in situ on the platform.
  • a carrier or shoe body 11 formed of steel comprises a cylindrically curved platform 12 which forms a section of a notional right circular cylinder, having an arc length L in the direction of curvature and being substantially flat of width W in a transverse direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the notional cylinder defining the curvature.
  • the shoe body also comprises a substantially planar bracing web 13 which extends perpendicularly to the platform as a central spine and to the edge of which web the platform is welded at intervals along its length to define the curvature.
  • a substantially planar bracing web 13 which extends perpendicularly to the platform as a central spine and to the edge of which web the platform is welded at intervals along its length to define the curvature.
  • the platform surface is interspersed with indentations or recesses 14 containing said points or features.
  • the shoe body is conventional in structure and may conform with conventional variants, such as the platform being divided along its length and assembled from two "half-platforms" welded to the web. Notwithstanding the precise structure, it is typical that the effective flat platform surface is less than the nominal area L x W, such that when employed in a conventional bonded shoe, a bond is not made where such recesses exist unless a thick layer of bonding adhesive fills, but not overfills, such recesses.
  • the components include a friction lining element 16.
  • the lining element is conventional in including friction modifying materials and reinforcement fibre in a phenolic resin, nitryl rubber copolymer matrix.
  • the lining element is produced in conventional manner by admixing the ingredients and partly curing the resin matrix to a handleable plastic consistency and rolling to define a predetermined density D' and dispose the fibrous materials in alignment with major faces 17, 18 that define its rolled thickness T' manifested by minor faces 19.
  • the rolling also includes a radius rolling step whereby the lining element assumes a generally cylindrical curvature corresponding approximately to the curvature of the platform.
  • the density required of the final lining is less than the theoretical maximum density, typically of the order of 95%, so that the rolled material may have a density of 90% of being fully densified.
  • the lining element may be rolled to thickness and curvature as an individual lining or may, more typically, be produced as a large sheet from which each element is cut with appropriate dimensions of length and width and to this end, and in accordance with traditional practice, the reinforced fibres are aligned generally in a widthwise direction in each element.
  • the lining element 16 is employed in its uncured or green state and furthermore, is dimensioned to have a length (L- ⁇ L) and width (W- ⁇ W) for reasons discussed hereafter.
  • the final component of Figure 1 is a layer of bonding adhesive 20, in the form of a conventional phenolic based thermosetting resin used in manufacturing bonded brake shoes, interposed between the lining element and the shoe platform.
  • bonding adhesive 20 in the form of a conventional phenolic based thermosetting resin used in manufacturing bonded brake shoes, interposed between the lining element and the shoe platform.
  • the adhesive resin is disposed as a thin film only.
  • the film is applied to the steel platform at the time of shoe body manufacture as a protective primer coating that conforms to the surface of the platform, including any recesses 14 or the like, and is thereafter dry to touch at ambient temperatures without being fully cured.
  • a bonded brake shoe is manufactured from the above described components by disposing the one major face 17 of the lining element adjacent the adhesive coated platform 12 and sandwiching the adhesive 20 and lining element 16 between the platform and a cooperatively curved bearing surface bearing on the other major face 18 of the element, such that minor faces 19 are exposed, and curing the resins of both adhesive and lining element at elevated temperature, during said curing, applying constraining pressure to the lining element by way of the major faces to define the final density of the (cured) lining and the position of said other major face 18 in relation to a defined part of the shoe body.
  • the defined part of the shoe body is the platform such that the position of the major face 18 in relation thereto is the thickness T of the cured lining.
  • the density and thickness of the cured lining which are of prime consideration with dimensions of width and length of slightly less import, provided the lining does not extend beyond the boundaries of the platform or depart from a specified acceptable surface area.
  • the bearing surface and platform subject the lining to such a constraining pressure between its major faces as to overcome any internal pressure due to gas evolution or expansion of trapped gases within the plastic (but not fully dense) material when it is heated to cure the resin and to cause such gases to be expelled by way of the exposed minor faces and effect, by way of a decrease in thickness of the softened material, an increase in density to the desired final value.
  • the resin matrix prior to curing may become quite soft and that a pressure at a level that may initially be required to effect increase in density may also, if continued, increase in the density beyond a desired value, that is create a fully dense lining, and/or cause the softened resin to flow laterally of the bearing surface, that is, by way of the minor faces and reduce the thickness of the dense material even further.
  • the pressure is arranged to act only over said predetermined reductions ⁇ T in thickness, either by being inhibited from acting further by an abutment or the like when the desired thickness T is achieved, or by reducing in magnitude as a function of thickness reduction to reach a level, at the prescribed lining thickness T, at which it is in equilibrium with internal pressures.
  • the major face 17 is able to expand where it overlies any recesses 14 or the like in the platform surface such that the cured lining has its major face 17 in intimate conformity with the surface profile of the platform, and thus bonded by way of the conforming film of adhesive resin primer over the maximum possible area.
  • Figure 2 shows in partly cut-away perspective view the bonded brake shoe that results from such manufacture.
  • the elimination of manufacturing steps involved in, and consequent upon, curing the lining element separately from the bonding operation may be augmented by exploitation and adaptation of apparatus of the type hitherto used for bonding essentially rigid cured linings onto the body platforms.
  • an arrangement 30 for producing a bonded brake shoe as shown in Figure 2 in accordance with the present invention comprises support means 31 for supporting a shoe body 11, with its cylindrically curved platform 12, adhesive layer 20 and lining element 16.
  • Restraining means 32 includes a bearing surface 33 cooperatively curved with respect to the platform 12, formed by a flexible inextensible strip 34 of stainless steel or the like, supported at spaced apart locations 35, 36 to define therebetween an arc of a circle of length greater than the lining to be formed from element 16 and of radius corresponding to the radius of the other major face 18 of the lining.
  • the width of the strip is of the same order of magnitude as the platform but in any event arranged to bear against a major face 18 which is narrower, as illustrated by the cut-away perspective view in Figures 3(b).
  • the flexible strip 34 conveniently comprises a complete band caused to pass through the support locations 35, 36 and a corresponding further pair 35' 36', and the support means 31 is arranged to support a pair of shoe bodies 11, 11' in back-to-back relationship with their platforms 12, 12' facing away from each other towards respective bearing surfaces 33, 33' defined by the inner surface of the band.
  • Forcing means 37 such as spring means, is arranged to force the shoe bodies apart from each other towards their respective bearing surfaces whereby the lining element, adhesive resin and platform of each is pressed into contact over the major faces of the lining elements. Furthermore, the forcing means is arranged to provide a force-displacement characteristic that for each shoe operates over a very small range of distances of the order of the said ⁇ T whereby maximum constraining pressure is applied to the green lining element at the start of curing with the platform and distance (T+ ⁇ T) from the bearing surface but is reduced significantly as the lining thickness reduces under said pressure during curing as the platform approaches a distance T from the bearing surface.
  • the resin of each lining element is uncured and thermoplastic until cross-linking occurs, only a small bias force is applied, even initially, consistent with producing said constraining pressure at each lining.
  • the arrangement further comprises heating means (not shown) for heating at least the platform, adhesive resin and lining elements to a predetermined temperature for a predetermined time.
  • the heating means comprises an oven which the whole assembly of support means, restraining means and forcing means can be passed. If necessary the forcing means may be adapted to accommodate any tendency for the constraining pressure to change due to thermal expansion of the restraining or forcing means.
  • the arrangement is similar to an arrangement for bonding pre-cured linings onto a pair of platforms but unlike such prior arrangement, wherein the forcing means applies a relatively large bias force with little or no displacement relative to the shoe platform because of the rigidity of the lining, the forcing means is arranged to provide only said relatively small initial bias force which varies as a function of position to generate the constraining pressure, the shape of the strip is constrained to run parallel to the platform so as to provide uniform constraining pressure and is wider than any lining element to be constrained thereby.
  • a typical rolled friction material when pre-cured to a lining thickness of 6mm, is bonded to a platform under a restraining pressure of 0.68 - 1.03 MPa (100-150 Psi) whilst the temperature is raised to 200-250° for 20-40 minutes; in accordance with the present invention, the same friction material (to a rolled green thickness of about 6.3mm) may be cured and bonded in situ at the same temperature and in the same time interval under a constraining pressure of initially 0.1 - 0.34 MPa (15-50 Psi), preferably in the range 0.17 - 0.2 MPa (25-30 Psi) decreasing in the process by about 5% to a final thickness of about 6mm and increasing in unconstrained width by less than 5%.
  • the constraining pressure is such as to effect an increase density of the lining, as also discussed hereinbefore, it is possible to have constraining pressures which are initially equal to or less that the internally generated pressures, respectively maintaining the density of the green lining element unchanged or permitting it to reduce in density and expand in thickness as it cures.
  • the support means 31 supports the shoe body such that the platform 12 is disposed parallel to the bearing surface and the forcing means acts on the shoe body by way of the platform to maintain the parallelism and define a uniform separation between bearing surface and platform that gives a uniform lining thickness both along the length of, and across the width of, the platform.
  • the operative alignment of the shoe with respect to a brake drum may be defined by way of the bracing web 13, that is, with the drum surface extending perpendicularly to the plane of the web, and that although the platform is nominally perpendicular to the web in a widthwise direction, it may not be so in practice.
  • the surface of a lining defined by the constraining means and support means parallel to the platform may not contact the drum properly across its width until a considerable amount of lining has been wom away.
  • the support means may support the shoe body by way of the bracing web, which thereby forms the defined part of the shoe body, and with the web plane aligned perpendicularly to the width of the bearing surface.
  • the forcing means causes the lining element to be sandwiched between platform and bearing surface with the initial constraining pressure acting by way of the lining element at their closest points somewhat reduced elsewhere across the width if the platform is not truly perpendicular to the plane of the web.
  • the lining element is therefore permitted to expand to fill such gap or gaps before being inhibited by the constraining pressure and the resultant lining, although varying in thickness across the width of the platform and partly of uneven final density, nevertheless presents a major face that is perpendicular to the bracing web.
  • Figures 4(a) and 4(b) are cross-sectional through such an arrangement, which is otherwise similar to Figure 3(a), in which support of the web in relation to the bearing surface is effected and lack of perpendicularity between platform and bracing web is greatly exaggerated for illustrative purposes.
  • Figure 4(a) illustrates the situation before curing the resins and Figure 4(b) afterwards.
  • the arrangement exemplified by 30 in Figure 3(a) may take other forms, particularly in relation to accommodating one shoe body and restraining means in the form of a simple arcuate strip terminating at the locating points 35, 36.
  • the forcing means may cause the support means to press the lining element against the relatively fixed bearing surface or alternatively, or additionally, may cause the locating points 35, 36 to move the bearing surface (or surfaces) towards the platform (or platforms).
  • the arrangement has to receive a lining element that is shorter and narrower than the bearing surface and the platform.
  • the lining element may be stably positioned on the bearing surface centrally between its edges prior to it being sandwiched and thereafter held in constraint.
  • the lining element associated with the upper shoe may be stably placed on the correspondingly horizontally disposed and upwardly facing platform.
  • location means may be provided separately or as part of the support means, or possibly even the restraining means, to ensure the central disposition of the lining element prior to application of constraining pressure.
  • the formulation of the lining element may be varied to achieve particularly desired characteristics of the cured lining, as a result of which the lining element may have different physical properties prior to, and during, curing which may be used to advantage or have to be accommodated.
  • the rolled lining element material is sufficiently plastic for bending to be effected without radius rolling without damaging the structure
  • the bearing surface may be provided by one or more solid blocks. It will be understood that with such a bearing surface the profile may be varied in the direction of curvature, and indeed, transversely thereto, whereby the lining element may be permitted to expand to a slightly greater extent towards the centre of its length to vary the density and/or permit the cured lining to be ground to a high point at its centre to facilitate bedding-in without having to remove excessive material from the end portions of the lining.
  • the surface of the lining may by conformity with a bearing surface profiled across its width or length produce a correspondingly profiled major face, analogous to the face conforming, and bonded, to the platform.
  • lining is used in this specification, notwithstanding that a lining as such may comprise a plurality of shorter blocks, and it will be understood that in each constriction described above, the lining element may actually comprise plurality of shorter element blocks with no significant effect.
  • a brake shoe having a concave curvature intended to surround a braking surface may be formed by the method and an appropriate arrangement in which the bearing surface has a convex form.
  • a brake shoe made in accordance with the present invention does not require to have a platform that is curved cylindrically for use with a drum brake arrangement and may extend in a flat plane, such a shoe comprising what is more usually called a brake pad and commonly used in relation to a disc brake arrangement.
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 show, respectively, a bonding arrangement 70 to similar to that of Figure 3(a) for producing a flat brake shoe or pad and a flat shoe 71 produced by the arrangement.
  • a shoe body comprises a flat backplate 72 which is supported by support means 73 and forcing means 74 facing a cooperative flat bearing surface 75 of greater extent that the platform.
  • the platform carries a film 76 of uncured thermosetting resin adhesive and a substantially flat, plastic, rolled formed lining element 77 of appropriate density, thickness, length and width is sandwiched by the platform and bearing surface by way of major faces 78, 79 through which constraining pressure applied, minor faces 80, 81.
  • the assembly is heated, the lining element being caused by the constraining pressure to decrease in thickness to a desired final thickness and density, whilst the area of the lining expands somewhat due to expansion at the unconstrained minor faces.
  • the changes in length and width are consistent and accommodated after simple trial by choice of initial dimensions for the lining element.
  • a lined shoe that results from the aperture is shown at 71 in Figure 7. It will be appreciated that because the minor faces 80, 81 have been unconstrained the edges of the lining will be somewhat uneven or ragged but the effective area of the major face 77 can be formed within defined limits.
  • the bearing surface although substantially flat to co-operate with the backplate, may possess surface features to define the thickness profile of the cured element.
  • the lining element is cured with its minor faces unconstrained, if a particular peripheral shape is required in addition to overall major face area, it is readily possible to derive by trial a particular shape of green lining element which responds to the major face constraining pressure derived therefor to expand laterally during curing of the resin to define by the minor faces the lining of appropriate shape in addition to thickness and density.
  • the bearing surface although substantially flat to co-operate with the backplate, may possess surface features to define the thickness profile of the cured element.

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  • Lining Or Joining Of Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
  • Laminated Bodies (AREA)
  • Adhesives Or Adhesive Processes (AREA)
  • Package Frames And Binding Bands (AREA)
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